edkrueger wrote:In what order would you rank pu erh from Yong De form 2006, 2007 and 2008?

The question is impossible to answer. YongDe County has many plantations and factories. As a consequence, it is impossible to designate one year as the best. There are too many varibles other than year that must be considered.

I'm not so sure that its impossible to answer. For example: 2006 was considered a bad year for Taiwanese oolong because it was warmer. Let me narrow my question. The single estate cakes from ZiYu Tea Processing Factory.

edkrueger wrote:I'm not so sure that its impossible to answer. For example: 2006 was considered a bad year for Taiwanese oolong because it was warmer. Let me narrow my question. The single estate cakes from ZiYu Tea Processing Factory.

I haven't had any of them, but based on my limited experience with 2006 and 2007 teas (which seems to resonate with a lot of other peoples opinions) the quality of tea being put out was sub par due to a lot of factors compared to other years. All teas I've had from 2008 (which, to be fair isn't a lot) seem to be of higher quality in general. I would assume 2008. Then again this is just a guess, so take that with a huge grain of salt. I don't claim to be an authority on the subject either so hopefully some more people who know more than I do can comment. If I had more money and more time then I'd probably be worth listening to once in a while after a decade or two .

2008 a good year? I thought the weather's been crazy in 1st half of '08 (snow storm in Feb, too much rain in the spring, flooding in early summer, etc.) My impression is that '08 is another bad year......